User:Vtaylor/Willard/CIS 89A HTML and CSS/Summary 5
Summary 5. Picture this... - Images
A picture is worth a thousand words - It is easy and inexpensive to add pictures to web pages. This has been one of the most important changes that web publishing has made.
So many great images, so many wonderful stories. Images can make a huge difference to your web site. More than just decoration, images can help you explain a complex idea or show your visitors things that just can be described in words alone.
Summary 5. Employment, Education and Entertainment
Work, School, Recreation and Leisure - Computers and technology are having a significant impact on work and the workplace.
We have had great discussions and explored resources related to the current trend in Employment, Education and Entertainment. Thanks for sharing your experiences and observations. Lots of good resources to review. Here are some of the important ideas to think about and follow up.
Online learning - Do you have to learn alone online? Probably not. You now have some experience with discussions and groups online. There can be a lively interpersonal learning environment. This may be the trend so the course material is online and individual, with lots of opportunity to discuss and share.
Questions about group work - Several of you have asked about group work. The activities are described in detail in modules 10-12. These are all available for you to access if you are interested. You will be communicating and sharing ideas with your group. Most of the actual work is individual work.
References to resources - Many discussions include a research requirement and require a link to a resource in your response. If you are replying to others, you may include a link to a resource to share. For these, a response that is just a personal opinion is interesting but incomplete.
Late work - Late work is accepted for credit but deductions may apply. If you are contributing to a discussion, your reseach and comments are helping you but others in the course are unlikely to benefit from your work.
Coming up...
Module 6. Midterm - Grand Challenges
MIDTERM - a research assignment, discussion, MidTerm quiz
Coding projects
Images in text - Pictures are usually placed in with text. It is import to learn to control how to arrange images and text so that there is some "white space"or padding about the image that is surrounded by text, Images are frequently place on the left or right so there may be text on just 3 sides. This usually looks best.
Images as links - You can make an image "hot" so it is a link. The link can be anywhere - the original full size image if your image is a thumbnail, an explanation of the image or something completely different. It is best if there is some relationship between the image and the link.
Coming up...
Module 6. Sound, light & magic - Multimedia
One of the great benefits of the web and the internet has been the virtually unlimited availability of content, specifically images, audio and video.
This is challenging and an opportunity for you to pick what to play. Looking forward to seeing and hearing some great selections.
